291: Who among the following started the newspaper Shome Prakash ?
(a) Surendranath Banerjee
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(c) Raja Rammohan Roy
(d) Dayanand Saraswati
292: The below table indicates the performance of India in rice and wheat production from 1950-51 to 1995-96. Which of the following conclusions arrived at from the above table would be valid ?
I. Record production of rice as well as wheat has been in 1994-95.
II. The ratio of wheat to rice production seems to have steadily increased over 16 years.
III. Wheat has not been popular among the Indian population before 1980.
IV. India became self-sufficient in rice and wheat only after 1990.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
Codes :
(a) I and II
(b) I, II, III and IV
(c) III and IV
(d) None of the above
293: In an objective test there are 60 questions. Each question carries four alternative answers only one of which is correct. Suppose A and B are two candidates both of whom know correct answers to 30 questions. A answers only 30 questions while B answers all 60 questions choosing answers at random for those he does not know the answers of. If each question carries a mark of 1 and no negative marks are awarded, the marks obtained by B are expected to be larger than those obtained by A by
(a) 0
(b) 15
(c) 5
(d) 7.5
294: The first writer to use Urdu as the medium of poetic expression was
(a) Amir Khusru
(b) Mirza Ghalib
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Faiz
295: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
List I -------------- List II
I. Cotton ---------- (A) Rainfall 1000-1500 mm; Temperature 40° - 60°C
II. Flax ------------ (B) Rainfall 1500-2000 mm; Temperature 25° - 35°C
III. Sugarbeet ------- (C) Rainfall 600 - 800 mm; Temperature 5° - 18°C
IV. Jute ------------- (D) Rainfall 500 - 1000 mm; Temperature 18° - 22°C
--------------------- (E) Rainfall 500 - 600 mm; Temperature 18°- 22°C
Codes:
(a) I-A, II-C, III-D, IV-B
(b) I-B, II-C, III-E, IV-D
(c) I-D, II-E, III-B, IV-A
(d) I-D, II-C, III-E, IV-B